Set Visual Studio to run without compiling the program directly after pressing F5.

Nov 2, 2022#Visual Studio271

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Visual Studio sometimes recompiles the project every time you run it with F5, which can be time-consuming for large projects. To prevent this, you can configure it to use the previously generated executable instead of recompiling. Go to Tools → Options, then under Projects and Solutions, find Build and Run, and set "On Run, when projects are out of date" to "Never build."

Sometimes VS can have issues: the code doesn't change at all, but every time you run F5, it regenerates everything. If the project is large, it takes a long time, which is very annoying. How can you set it so that it never compiles when running F5?

I found a solution: every time you press F5, it won't regenerate; it will directly start the previously generated *.exe. Unless you manually generate a specific project or the entire solution.

The method is as follows: In the VS toolbar, go to Tools → Options, then under Projects and Solutions, Build and Run, during runtime, when the project is out of date, select Never build.